Birch Green Demographics (West Lancashire, England)

Birch Green is a ward in West Lancashire of North West, England and includes areas of Southway, Town Centre, Stormy Corner, Tanhouse, Tawd Bridge, Elmers Green, Ashurst and Birch Green.

In the 2011 census the population of Birch Green was 4,350 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Birch Green is 34, while the median age is lower at 32.

91.2% of people living in Birch Green were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.1% Scotland, 0.6% Wales, 0.5% Northern Ireland, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Australia, 0.1% South America, 0.1% Nigeria, 0.1% Philippines.

95.1% of people living in Birch Green speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.8% Latvian, 1.4% Polish, 0.3% Hungarian, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Slovak, 0.2% Russian, 0.1% Czech, 0.1% Tagalog/Filipino.

The religious make up of Birch Green is 67.7% Christian, 26.1% No religion, 0.6% Muslim, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Hindu. 213 people did not state a religion. 5 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

35.2% of people are married, 14.4% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.6% live with a partner of the same sex, 31.4% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 12.9% are separated or divorced. There are 310 widowed people living in Birch Green.

The top occupations listed by people in Birch Green are Elementary 25.2%, Elementary administration and service 18.6%, Process, plant and machine operatives 14.6%, Caring, leisure and other service 12.6%, Caring personal service 9.9%, Sales and customer service 9.8%, Skilled trades 9.5%, Administrative and secretarial 8.9%, Sales 8.7%, Sales Assistants and Retail Cashiers 7.6%.